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Receb Kamil Efendi

Annual salary study and register readings

This study view uses the annual salary reference records. The main biography brings together the wider career and its sources.

Life and register readings

Receb Kamil Efendi was born in Shkodër (İşkodra) in 1852/53 (AH 1269). At about 16, in 1869/70, Receb Kamil began work in Shkodër. The first annual entry, for 1869/70, places Receb Kamil in Shkodër, the birthplace, as Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrirat Odası mülazımı, where the entries run to 1905/06. Alongside, the lists for 1905 to 1907 give a second post, in Trabzon as Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü istimatoru. Alongside, the lists for 1906/07 give a second post, in Izmir as Ecnebiye Gümrük Müdürlüğü istimatoru. Trabzon, about 1,700 km from Shkodër, was the post farthest from the birthplace; fewer than 6 per cent of the 5,339 officials with a known birthplace and place of service served as far from home.

Pay rose from 250 kuruş a month in 1870/71 to a peak of 1,000 in 1906/07, in Izmir, when 78 per cent of paid officials earned less. In all, 38 years of salary come to 264,360 kuruş, 1.4 times what an official on the median salary earned in those years. The last annual entry is for 1906/07.

Places in order of time

Each number is a stop: the birthplace, the place of first work, then every place of the annual entries in turn. The year beside an arrow is the first entry at the new place.

All 3 stops
birthplaceplace of annual entriesmove, with the year of the first entry there
Further places, smaller scale1905/061906/07123ShkodërIzmir
  1. Shkodër (İşkodra)

    Born 1852/53 (AH 1269); First work 1869/70 (AH 1286); 1869 to 1906 (AH 1286 to 1323)

    Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrirat Odası mülazımı 1869 to 1871 (AH 1286 to 1287); Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü Duhan kâtibi 1870 to 1906 (AH 1287 to 1323)

    250 to 800 kuruş a month; entries in 38 years

  2. Trabzon

    1905 to 1907 (AH 1323 to 1324)

    Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü istimatoru

    900 kuruş a month; entries in 2 years

  3. Izmir (İzmir)

    1906/07 (AH 1324)

    Ecnebiye Gümrük Müdürlüğü istimatoru

    1,000 kuruş a month; entries in 1 year

Career and salary

All years
Monthly salary by year, kuruşsalary of the yearentry of another institutionsalary not recordedyears with one job titleno annual entry
05001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 13241,000 kuruşRüsûmat Müdürlüğü Duhan kâtibi
Salary against the medians of the same year
2005001,0001869/70AH 12861871/72AH 12881873/74AH 12901875/76AH 12921877/78AH 12941878/79AH 12961880/81AH 12981882/83AH 13001884/85AH 13021886/87AH 13041888/89AH 13061890/91AH 13081892/93AH 13101894/95AH 13121896/97AH 13141898/99AH 13161900/01AH 13181902/03AH 13201904/05AH 13221906/07AH 1324This officialMedian, all officialsMedian, same province

Log scale: equal steps are equal ratios. The median of the same title is drawn for the years in which at least 5 officials with that title had a salary, and the median of the same province for the years in which at least 5 officials were paid in the province of the official's salary that year.

The numbers of the chart
Salary of Receb Kamil Efendi against the medians of the same year, kuruş a month
YearSalaryMedian, all officialsMedian, same titleMedian, same provincePaid less
1870/7125040032021%
1871/72300420.539030%
1872/7330045032031%
1873/7430040530032%
1874/7546045030051%
1875/7646045030050%
1876/7746042030051%
1877/7846045030051%
187846045045550%
1878/7946040040053%
1879/8046040030455%
1880/8140040031246%
1881/8240040027046%
1882/8345040030055%
1883/8445040030055%
1884/8545040031054%
1885/8645040033553%
1886/8745040030053%
1887/8845040030051%
1888/8945040030052%
1889/9045040030053%
1890/9180040030076%
1891/9280040030075%
1892/9380040035076%
1893/9480040035077%
1894/9580040030076%
1895/9680040030075%
1896/9780045032574%
1897/9872040035076%
1898/9972040030076%
1899/190072040030075%
1900/0172040030075%
1901/0272040050073%
1902/0372040035074%
1903/0472040535074%
1904/0572040030073%
1905/0690043070077%
1906/071,00045050078%

Paid less: the share of the other officials with a salary that year who earned less.

Point at a year for its salary, title, place and the median of all officials paid that year. Choose a row of the table to mark its years in the charts and its stop on the map.

Career of Receb Kamil Efendi, one row per stage
YearsTitlePlaceSalary (kuruş a month)
1869/70AH 1286First workShkodër (İşkodra)
1869 to 1871AH 1286 to 1287Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrirat Odası mülazımı
Rüsûmat
2 entries
YearSalary
1869/70
1870/71
Shkodër (İşkodra)
1870 to 1906AH 1287 to 1323Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü Duhan kâtibi
46 entries
YearSalary
1870/71250
1871/72250
1871/72300
1872/73300
1873/74300
1874/75300
1874/75460
1875/76460
1876/77460
1877/78460
1878460
1878/79460
1879/80460
1879/80368
1879/80
1879/80400
1880/81400
1881/82400
1882/83400
1882/83450
1883/84450
1884/85450
1885/86450
1886/87450
1887/88450
1888/89450
1889/90450
1890/91450
1890/91800
1890/91800
1891/92800
1892/93800
1893/94800
1894/95800
1895/96800
1896/97800
1896/97720
1897/98720
1898/99720
1899/1900720
1900/01720
1901/02720
1902/03720
1903/04720
1904/05720
1905/06720
Shkodër (İşkodra)250 to 720
1905 to 1907AH 1323 to 1324Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü istimatoru
2 entries
YearSalary
1905/06900
1906/07900
Trabzon900
1906/07AH 1324Ecnebiye Gümrük Müdürlüğü istimatoruIzmir (İzmir)1,000

Record

Personal

Born
1852/53 (AH 1269)

First work

Year
1869/70 (AH 1286)

Recorded with

Officials who share a place, a job title, a school, a birthplace or the year of the first annual entry. Ranks compare the highest monthly salary of each official.

Same place, same years

Of the 168 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra) in the same years, 162 have a recorded salary; Receb Kamil Efendi had the 42nd highest salary of them.

All 191 officials with entries in Shkodër (İşkodra)

Same birthplace

Of the 311 officials born in Shkodër (İşkodra), 200 have a recorded salary; Receb Kamil Efendi had the 28th highest salary of them.

The page of Shkodër (İşkodra), with the 311 officials born there

First annual entry in the same year

Of the 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286), 121 have a recorded salary; Receb Kamil Efendi had the 40th highest salary of them.

All 134 officials whose first annual entry is for 1869/70 (AH 1286)

Annual entries and original values

Annual entries of Receb Kamil Efendi
YearTitlePlaceKuruş a monthInstitutionSourceArchive reference
1869/70AH 1286Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrirat Odası mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)RüsûmatSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1870/71AH 1287Rüsûmat Nezareti Tahrirat Odası mülazımıShkodër (İşkodra)RüsûmatSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1870/71AH 1287Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü Duhan kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1871/72AH 1288Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü Duhan kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)250Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1871/72AH 1288Rüsûmat arayıcısıShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1872/73AH 1289Rüsûmat arayıcısıShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1873/74AH 1290Rüsûmat arayıcısıShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1874/75AH 1291Rüsûmat arayıcısıShkodër (İşkodra)300Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1874/75AH 1291Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1875/76AH 1292Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1876/77AH 1293Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1877/78AH 1294Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1878AH 1295Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1878/79AH 1296Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)460Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibiShkodër (İşkodra)368Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsûmat Tuz kâtibi (İstifa)Shkodër (İşkodra)Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1879/80AH 1297Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1880/81AH 1298Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1881/82AH 1299Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)400Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1882/83AH 1300Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1883/84AH 1301Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1884/85AH 1302Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1885/86AH 1303Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1886/87AH 1304Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1887/88AH 1305Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1888/89AH 1306Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1889/90AH 1307Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1890/91AH 1308Rüsûmat sandık eminiShkodër (İşkodra)450Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1890/91AH 1308Rüsûmat muayenecisiShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1890/91AH 1308Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1891/92AH 1309Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1892/93AH 1310Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1893/94AH 1311Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1894/95AH 1312Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1895/96AH 1313Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1896/97AH 1314Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)800Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1896/97AH 1314Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1897/98AH 1315Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1898/99AH 1316Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1899/1900AH 1317Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1900/01AH 1318Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1901/02AH 1319Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1902/03AH 1320Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1903/04AH 1321Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1904/05AH 1322Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1905/06AH 1323Rüsûmat istimatoruShkodër (İşkodra)720Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1905/06AH 1323Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü istimatoruTrabzon900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1906/07AH 1324Rüsûmat Müdürlüğü istimatoruTrabzon900Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
1906/07AH 1324Ecnebiye Gümrük Müdürlüğü istimatoruIzmir (İzmir)1,000Affiliation not recordedSelected canonical career recordsBOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90; 385 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 11/90, s. 177.
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.
Recorded values of Receb Kamil Efendi with their sources
FieldRecorded valueSource
What the sources named in this table are
Selected canonical career records
Dated AH projections of the selected canonical collection; documentary and inferred bases remain available in each dossier.

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